Ah… Si tu pouvais fermer ta gueule…

They keep making promises to us
That they never keep
The only thing that interests them
Is to be on TV

All dolled up
All made up
They come to talk to the press
While from the cafes below
The sound of the choir rises

Ah if you could shut your trap
It would give us a break
Ah if you could shut your trap
It would do France good

And then there are all those who have debates
With their two-bit philosophy
There's the one who's for it
And there's the one who's not
And they talk and they talk

All dolled up
All made up
They come to sell their story
While from the cafes below
The grand serenade rises

Ah if you could shut your trap
It would give us a break
Ah if you could shut your trap
It would do France good

And then there's me, who's part of it too
I always have to speak up
As if we didn't say enough nonsense
I have to add mine

All dolled up
All made up
I promise you
I won't hold it against you
You have the right from the depths of the café
To sing for me too:

Ah if you could shut your trap
It would give us a break
Ah if you could shut your trap
It would do France good

Ah if you could shut your trap
It would give us a break
Ah if you could shut your trap
It would do France good

This song I made for you
The French, the Frenchwomen
Come on, kids, it'll be our anthem
Our Marseillaise
At home, at your office
When you're tired of listening
To the pain in the neck who talks too much
You can sing to them:

Ah if you could shut your trap
It would give us a break
Ah if you could shut your trap
It would do France good

Ah if you could shut your trap
It would give us a break
Ah if you could shut your trap
It would do France good